Mitsuhide Akechi

Mitsuhide Akechi (1528-1582) was an Oda general that was most famous for his assassination of Nobunaga Oda in 1582 in Honnoji, Kyoto, and following the Incident at Honnoji, was daimyo of the Akechi clan and was Shogun. He was killed at the Battle of Yamazaki by Hideyoshi Hashiba, a former Oda commander.

Biography
Mitsuhide Akechi was born in Mino Province, territory of the Saito clan. He joined the Saito clan, becoming a general alongside Hanbei Takenaka, leading them into battle in the Battle of Mt. Inaba Castle in 1561. However, in that battle, the Oda clan crushed the Saito under Tatsuoki Saito, and Mitsuhide became an Oda officer. As a general of the Oda, he fought at the Battle of Nagashino, Tetorigawa, and the Battle of Kizugawa, the latter two alongside his ally Motochika Chosokabe of Shikoku. In 1582, when Nobunaga Oda invaded Shikoku, Mitsuhide's ally was attacked, proving to be one of the reasons why Mitsuhide would rebel against Nobunaga. Other reasons include Nobunaga's cruelty, and, allegedly, an insult to Mitsuhide's mother. Mitsuhide, aided by his father Hidemitsu Akechi, rebelled in Kyoto and slew Nobunaga in an uprising, and Mitsuhide became Shogun. However, this did not last long, as Hideyoshi Hashiba attacked his army at Yamazaki. With most of the loyal Oda retainers at his side, Hideyoshi oversaw the annihilation of Mitsuhide's army by sending his riflemen to take up positions on Mt. Tenno, overlooking the battlefield, before firing down on the Akechi troops. Mitsuhide boarded a fleet of ships that swung around to hit the Hashiba main camp, but Mitsuhide was struck down by Hideyoshi, ending the uprising and making Hideyoshi the Shogun of Japan.